BT Group today said it has extended its ADSL broadband service to a further 100 exchanges over recent weeks and added demand is going though the roof.
With 1,115 exchanges now upgraded to offer superfast internet access, BT Wholesale is connecting more than 11,000 new lines a week, working towards a target of a million connections by the middle of next year, it said.
Mr Paul Reynolds, chief executive of BT Wholesale, said: "[We have] a customer base for BT Wholesale of almost a quarter of a million connections. With results like this, and other BT initiatives yet to kick in, I'm confident we'll more than meet the targets we have set ourselves."
BT Group said 60 per cent of households and 73 per cent of current internet users are now connected to broadband enabled exchanges.
BT Wholesale is also committed to reviewing a further 500 exchanges to see if demand is evident, and will be announcing the results of this review in June, the company said.
In order to continue rolling out broadband, BT Group said it is looking for partners to share the investment of bringing broadband to less commercially viable areas.
AFP